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BEDSTEAD.

No. 272,078. Patented Feb. 13,- 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. MYERS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,078, dated February 13, 1883. Application filedDecember 9, 18 82. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MYERS, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofOonnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that-the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts.

My improvement relates to bedsteads the frames of which are constructed wholly or in V part of iron, and more particularly to such as consist of a horizontal frame, upon which an elastic fabric is stretched, and to which frame iron head-boards, foot-boards,vand legs are attached for the purpose of completing thebedstead.

The object of my invention is to provide a better and stronger means for attaching the legs, with the head and foot boards, to the horizontal frame, and to provide a means for holding the mattress upon the bedstead and preventing it from slipping off laterally.

In the accompanyingdrawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 shows a side view of one end of a bedstead provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end view of the bedstead. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through w the end of the side bar and one leg, showing the relative arrangement of the several parts.

A A are the side bars of the bed-frame.

B B are the end bars, extending laterally across the head and foot of the bed, to which the elastic fabric 0 or other bed-bottom is attached.

D D are the. corner-irons, which are bolted to the side bars, A, and the end bars, B, to attach these parts firmly together. 1

E E are bars forming the legs and sides of the head and foot boards. These bars may be made solid or hollow, as desired, and are bent into the form shown in the drawings, so as to have a vertical part for the leg and the top bent over to form a loop at the side of the bedstead, terminating upon the side bar, A, to which it is bolted or otherwise attached, as shown in the drawings. The vertical part of the'bar E forming the post is attached firmly to the corner-iron D by means of a bolt, F, the outer surface of the corner-iron being made of suitable form to give the bar a firm bearing.

G G are cross-bars uniting the posts E E at each end of the bedstead, to complete the head and foot boards.

By means of my improvement a very strong attachment is made for the legs of the bedstead, so that they become a fixed part of the frame and not liable to become loosened by less firmly connected parts. The sifl'e loops of the bars E extending above the sides ofthe WILLIAM J. MYERS.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. ELLIS, EDWIN F. DIMOGK.

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